A tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. From Wordnik.com. [The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands] Reference
For bitter its savour is aye. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Life lost a lot of its savour - one doesn't realize how much "savour" is smell. From Wordnik.com. [Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed] Reference
That gi'ed me the zest o the sword, and the savour. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
It is a holocaust and oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Her reply had no savour of conceit; it was honest, that was all. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
Sometimes, to be sure, a side remark adds piquancy and a personal savour. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
He felt that with her as a companion the usual round would have twice its savour. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
It was to be fed daily with wood, and with sacrifices of a sweet-smelling savour. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
I savour each riposte at each reprise but when they're aimed at me I flee in fright. From Wordnik.com. [jours linguistiques] Reference
I savour this part of my journey, taking in the pure morning air that fills my lungs. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrosia] Reference
Instead of being a "savour of life unto life," it becomes a "savour of death unto death.". From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
In the last line it would savour of melodrama to try to impersonate the lady as she says. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
He knows I have my vagaries, and it is not his fault if the savour of them travels to papa. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
It would savour more of present and actual distaste, than the love which fears its approach. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Every flower is an altar of pure incense, offering its sacrifice of a sweet-smelling savour. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
And wine for libations of the same measure, for an offering of most sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
True zest can be -- often is -- extremely quiet, but it gives a savour nothing else can impart. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
And he shall offer the third part the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
Then he was aware of a sweet savour which surrounded him, and anon a gentle voice spoke out of the darkness. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And spices and oil for the lights, and for the preparing of ointment, and to make the incense of most sweet savour. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
"If I believed that, sweet lady, life would lose its savour and become but a bleak existence," responded Don Carlos. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Every tale which claims a place in good fiction has this identifying savour and quality, each different from every other. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
The winter months are the season of the peerless mangosteen, in beauty as well as in savour the queen of tropical fruits. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
You shall offer only the firstfruits of them and gifts: but they shall not be put upon the altar, for a savour of sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
They had no savour of historic or traditionary truth, -- no relation to actual life, -- and in this consisted their great charm. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
And thou shalt take all from their hands; and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
If boiled fast, in abundance of water, the savour of both parsnips and salsify is to a great extent dispersed and lost beyond recall. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
And when he hath offered it, he shall take a memorial out of the sacrifice, and burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
And they shall burn them upon the altar, for a holocaust, putting fire under the wood: for an oblation of most sweet savour to the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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